Robert Redford has had his share of swansongs, but this cute,
insignificant film about a real-life ageing bank robber is said to
be his very last one. Redford is enjoyable as always in the lead,
even though he cannot seem to conjure up the same vitality that he
did in his better swansongs in later years, such as All is Lost,
Our
Souls at Night, or even the flawed The
Discovery. The romance between Sissy Spacek and
himself, which looks fitting to begin with, never becomes
convincing. I get the sense that there's more spark between the
actors than the characters. Other than that, The Old Man & the
Gun is an enjoyable watch which doesn't take itself too
seriously. Danny Glover and Tom Waits are perfectly cast as
Redford's two old-timer companions.